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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

126 AM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 430 AM EDT



* AT 124 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY...BETWEEN 

RUTHERFORDTON AND FOREST CITY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRECIPITATION 

ARE DRIFTING ONLY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.



RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY WILL CAUSE CREEKS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS IN 

THE FOREST CITY...SPINDALE AND RUTHERFORDTON METRO AREAS. ANKLE 

DEEP WATER WAS REPORTED IN A HOUSE IN FOREST CITY AND A MUD SLIDE 

WAS ALSO REPORTED THERE. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. EVEN MODERN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CANNOT BE SAFELY 

DRIVEN THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.



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